It feels like I just wasn’t able to shut down this weekend. Not for anything other than my brain not getting off the treadmill.
Tag: Quick Thought
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October 7, 2023
The last few visits to the shop haven’t been as productive as I would’ve liked. It’s been scattered. I’ll start something, leave off and start another something, and then leave that and do something else. The focus and commitment isn’t there.
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No hot water this morning
There happened to be a plumbing emergency last night and the hot water was shut off. This morning, I spent the first hour-and-a-half of my day boiling water. I had one electric kettle in the bathroom and a stove-top kettle on the stove top.
I almost called in a sick day.
It did put my privilege into some perspective. There are people in the world who regularly have to heat water over an open flame. There are Canadians without running water.
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A couple of things I learned today…
I learned the word “perseverate”. It means to keep doing something long after whatever caused it has stopped.
I also learned that emotions can be habitual. As in, we have feelings because we’ve developed a habit of feeling them. This one was a bit of a shocker to me. To think about it, it makes sense. But, when you haven’t thought about it, it’s a bit destabilizing when you learn it.
I’m constantly surprised by how much control I don’t have over myself because it feels right to think that we are in control of ourselves.